Government sources said Trump jnr was granted a visa to travel to Australia on Wednesday morning – before his tour was cancelled.
calling for Trump jnr to be denied a visa to Australia had attracted 21,725 signatures as of Wednesday evening.Government sources who were not permitted to speak publicly said that Trump jnr was granted a visa to travel to Australia on Wednesday morning, before the cancellation of the tour was announced.
A spokeswoman for Immigration Minister Andrew Giles said she was not able to comment on individual cases.In the lead-up to the tour, Trump jnr said it was clear “the same disease of woke identity politics and cancel culture that’s crippled the US has clearly taken hold” in Australia. Speaking on Sky News, Labor MP Graham Perrett said he had heard that ticket sales for the tour were “tanking” which could help explain the last-minute cancellation.
The Migration Act says that the government can deny a visa on character grounds if the applicant is likely to vilify segments of the Australian community, engage in harassment or intimidation, or “incite discord” with their views.
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